Hailee Steinfeld and Her Transformer Are on the Run From John Cena in New ‘Bumblebee’ Trailer

Hailee Steinfeld’s 18th birthday present is more than meets the eye in the official trailer for “Bumblebee,” the Steven Spielberg-produced “Transformers” prequel rolling into theaters in December.

Hailee (“Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse”) and Stern Show veteran John Cena star opposite a yellow Volkswagen Beetle in the film, set a few decades before the events of Michael Bay and Shia LaBeouf’s franchise-spawning blockbuster “Transformers.”

Released Monday, the official trailer (above) begins with Hailee’s character Charlie riding her bike through a quiet California beach town. She winds up in a junkyard, where the proprietor gives her a most unusual birthday present: a dusty, broken-down, yellow VW bug.

After reviving the car and driving it home, however, Charlie realizes her newly acquired ride is actually a sentient, transforming, extraterrestrial Autobot named Bumblebee. She welcomes Bumbebee into her home, but the situation gets complicated after they learn Cena and his shadowy government agency Sector 7 is coming for them. Soon, Charlie and Bumblebee are on the run from the government and a few robot villains called Decepticons.

Directed by Travis Knight (“Kubo and the Two Strings”), the action-heavy coming-of-age film co-stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, and Wrap Up Show veteran Pamela Adlon a and features the voices of Justin Theroux and Angela Bassett as Decepticons.

“Bumblebee” rides into theaters on Dec. 21. Watch the official trailer (above).